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bracken

[brak-uhn] / ˈbræk ən /


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High Browns need a delicate combination of bracken and common dog violet.

From BBC Jul. 10, 2026

"Traditionally bracken was used as animal bedding, but less and less people use it now they can get straw," says Richard Smith, who has been with Paul since the start, in 1993.

From BBC Jul. 10, 2026

Only decades ago many of the cottages in Scotland’s Highlands were roofed in heather, bracken and marram grass.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 14, 2025

Gorse, heather, bracken and trees were removed to reveal the white boulders.

From BBC Nov. 1, 2023

He saw the tall poplars and willows behind the house, in the fields where he stalked badgers, the rumpled hills covered in heather and bracken that spread for miles and miles, dotted with grazing sheep.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie




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